<p class="text2">Phonsavan (population 37&nbsp;507 habitants) est la nouvelle capitale de la province de Xieng Khouang, au Laos. Son nom est synonyme de "collines du Paradis&raquo;.<br /><br /> La campagne est domin&eacute;e par des collines verdoyantes et des for&ecirc;ts de pins. Les Villages sont constitu&eacute;s de maisons en bois color&eacute;es et l&rsquo;&eacute;levage du b&eacute;tail est l'une des principales activit&eacute;s agricoles, l&rsquo;on aper&ccedil;oit souvent les cow-boys Hmongs avec leurs chapeaux violets et leurs tenues brunes.<br /><br /></p>
<p class="text2">Au cours du nouvel an Hmong, des corridas sont organis&eacute;es dans toute la ville. <br /> Phonsavan a &eacute;t&eacute; construit dans les ann&eacute;es 1970 et a remplac&eacute; la vieille Khoung Xieng (aujourd'hui : Muang Khoun) qui avait &eacute;t&eacute; d&eacute;truite pendant la guerre d'Indochine. <br /> L'attraction la plus c&eacute;l&egrave;bre de Phonsavan est la plaine des Jarres, qui est d&eacute;sormais un patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.</p>
<p class="text2"><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"><img style="float: left;" src="http://arasa-tour-laos.com/documents/Phonsavan%201.jpg" alt="Phonsavan" width="400" height="300" /><img style="float: right;" src="http://arasa-tour-laos.com/documents/Phonsavan%202.jpg" alt="Phonsavan" /></span></em><br /><br /><br /></span></em></p>
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<p class="text2"><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br /><br /><br /><br />References:</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Paek District Office, Statistics Department. Paek District has a population of 70,215. Xiengkhouang Province has ca. 250,000 people. The borders from town to district are not very clear, and Phonsavan administratively is a collection of villages.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> http://www.theage.com.au/travel/its-a-mystery-plain-and-simple-20090730-e2mq.html</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Provincial Tourism Department Xieng Khouang, A Guide to Xieng Khouang</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Martin Stuart-Fox The Lao Kingdom of Lao Xang: Rise and Decline, White Lotus Press, 1998</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> http://www.infomekong.com/laophuan.htm</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> personal communication with people in Phonsavan. The high density of Western Union and Moneygram outlets even in small villages is another indicator</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> www.mulberries.org</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> www.maginternational.org</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article7036794.ece</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/13.1/feature/Bruinooge/bruinooge.htm</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> A Guide to Xieng Khouang Mountain Province in Northern Laos, Provincial Tourism Department</span></em></p>